Take It Like You Give It Explained
Take It Like You Give It is the ninth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released in 1967 by Columbia Records.[1]
Background
Due to her worsening relations with Columbia Records in late 1966, this was the last album of Franklin's on the label to only feature previously unreleased songs.[2]
Track listing
Side One
- "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 2:52
- "I May Never Get to Heaven" (Buddy Killen, Bill Anderson) – 3:27
- "Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It Easy for the Door)" (Billy Dawn Smith) – 1:58
- "Her Little Heart Went to Loveland" (Buddy Kaye, Philip Springer) – 2:34
- "Lee Cross" (Ted White) – 2:53
- "Take It Like You Give It" (Aretha Franklin) – 1:50
Side Two
- "Only the One You Love" (Eddie Snyder, Charles Singleton) – 2:23
- "Deeper" (Rudy Clark) – 2:03
- "Remember Me" (Van McCoy, Clyde Otis) – 2:12
- "Land of Dreams" (Aretha Franklin) – 2:12
- "A Little Bit of Soul" (Milton Bland, McKinley Mitchell, David Wilkinson) – 2:18
Personnel
- Robert Mersey - conductor on "Why Was I Born?", "Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It for the Door)" and "Lee Cross", producer on "Lee Cross"
- Belford Hendricks - conductor on "Land of Dreams" and "A Little Bit of Soul"
- Bob Johnston - producer on "Why Was I Born?" and "Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It for the Door)"
- Bobby Scott - producer on "I May Never Get to Heaven"
- Clyde Otis - producer on tracks A4, A6, B1 to B5
- Vernon Smith - cover photography
Notes and References
- Book: Strong, Martin C. . Martin C. Strong. 1998 . The Great Rock Discography . Edinburgh . . 281-282 . 0-86241-827-5.
- Book: Bego . Mark . Mark Bego . Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul . 1989 . St. Martin's Press . 75 . 1st.
